M 6.3 in China on 08 Aug 2017 23:27 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 25.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.323 , 82.837
Event Date: 08 Aug 2017 23:27 UTC
09 Aug 2017 07:27 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
430000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000a65e
Inserted at: 08 Aug 2017 23:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.7 (Kazakhstan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Kazakhstan= 3.7; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us2000a65e Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1176745 0.6 08 Aug 2017 23:27 6.3M, 25.87km 5.88 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China ,of Xinjiang (population 250) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population
<1000 people
130000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1176745 44.323/82.837 6.3 25.87 6.07 08 Aug 2017 23:54 00:26 (new episode)
2 0 1176745 44.323/82.837 6.3 25.87 5.78 09 Aug 2017 01:30 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1176745 44.306/82.836 6.3 20 5.88 10 Aug 2017 21:02 1d 21:34 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China <1000 people
Xinjiang China 130000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Jinghe Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China City - 32 km
Ching-ho Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 36 km
Shaquanzi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 42 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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